What you're
about to see is
“The
hidden truth
about
Australia's offshore asylum policy”

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Photos
are forbidden
inside Manus
Island
Detention
Centre

So...we have to use words

We spend over
$1,000,000,000
to detain 2,000 asylum seekers offshore.
But since 2012, only
1
has been processed.
Just. One.

So if Manus isn't about processing asylum seekerswhat is it about?

Human beings are being detained with
no timelines,no information,no hope."I have lived in war zones, with bombs and explosions. I have never experienced what I am experiencing here with the uncertainty we face. If we had died in the ocean that would have been better."43 years old, Iraq

In
blistering heat
and humidity
some are
forced
to survive on10% of the
recommended
5L per day.

that's just

500mLof water

We met a young man
who drew a TV
on his wall
withstrips of bedsheets he made fake game controllers

“We use this to pass the time. It's no laughing matter. We pretend to play and it brings back memories of home. We
sit here and cry for three hours every day.”

We sit here
and cry
for three hoursevery.single.day.

In one single
windowless shed
112survive
in cramped
darkness
and sweltering
heat